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On a Mission With MISSION.tv

Amy Schrier | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Content, Humanitarian, Social Action, Websites, Travel, Media, Humanitarian Aid, Travel Blogs, Impact News
Amy Schrier

For some time I had been ruminating on the growing need for a humanitarian media brand, a source of content, videos, articles, photography and community that would serve as a platform for dialogue among the growing number of people interested in social action.

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An Opinion on Kony 2012: Slactivism and Gullible Youth

TNGG | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Visibile Children, Kony 2012, Invisible Children, Social Action, Activism, Students, Generation Y, Gen Y, Slactivism, Video, College News
TNGG

There are other ways to get rid of Kony and end the exploitation of children in Africa that don't include violence or the American military. We shouldn't always fight violence with violence.

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Not in our name: African human rights activists reject UK aid conditionality

Mark Canavera | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Foreign Aid, LGBT Issues, Zanzibar Gay Rights, United Kingdom, Homosexual Rights, World News, Zanzibar, LGBT Politics, UK Government, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, African Activists, Africa, Tanzania, LGBT Equality, Malawi, Social Change, Social Action, Ghana, Gay Activism, Social Activism, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Africa Lgbt, Human Rights, Aid Conditionality, Malawi Gay Rights, Africa Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Uganda, Tanzania Gay Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill, Ghana Gays, World News
Mark Canavera

An oft-told African proverb (whose precise culture of origin often changes with the teller) asserts that "When elephants fight, the grass suffers." Pu...

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Top 5 Reasons Why Teachers Keep Leaving The Classroom

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Teacher Layoffs, Working Conditions, Teachers Leaving, Teacher Salaries, Social Action, Teachers Wages, Teacher Turnover Rates, Teachers, Teacher Turnover, Takepart, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, Education News

Just as high school dropout and graduation rates are a persistent issue of concern in the education arena, teacher turnover rates are similarly troubl...

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Amidst U.S. Heatwave, a Lesson on Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Globalgiving, Ethiopia, Social Action, Africa, Alexs-Lemonade-Stand, Growing Up Global, National Geographic, Global Kids, Parenting, Momsrising, Compassion, Drought, Heat Wave, Kenya, Famine, Bahai, Moral Lessons, Somalia, Unicef, Horn of Africa, World News
Homa Sabet Tavangar

While we live in comparatively great comfort, look at the disruption in our lives when it's so hot, even just by a few degrees. This makes me think about what those families are going through in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

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PHOTOS: How To Sustain A Pro Bono Design Practice

An Xiao Mina | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Social Action, Ngos, Slidepollajax, Design, Nonprofits, Social Engagement, Business, Pro Bono, Volunteer Work, United Nations, Los Angeles, Matthew Manos, A Very Nice Design Studio, Arts News
An Xiao Mina

In the two years since Matthew Manos founded A Very Nice Design Studio, the firm has worked for clients as diverse as a Canadian high school and the UN. About 3/4 of their work is pro-bono.

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Concrete Verse

Tamsin Smith | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Social Action, San Francisco Bay Bridge, Engineering, Poetry, Earthquake, Poems, Bridges, Arts News
Tamsin Smith

It begins like a joke that only a liberal arts professor would tell -- what do you get when you dress thirty poets in safety goggles and hardhats, and put them on a boat together?

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Buddhism and Social Action: How Would Sid Treat the Homeless?

Lodro Rinzler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lodro Rinzler

Let's not forget that Prince Siddhartha himself was homeless after leaving the palace and relied upon the offerings of others, both before and after he attained enlightenment.

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Memorial for Social Activist Betty Millard (1911-2010)

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Betty Millard of Chicago, a long-time social activist had danced with Zhou Enlai after the Chinese Revolution and then was called to testify as a host...

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Beyond Thanksgiving -- Feeding the Hungry in New York City

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Soup Kitchens, Hunger, Wall Street Crisis, Food Network, Homelessness, Social Action, Economic Crisis, Coalition for the Homeless, Miriam Garron, Tikkun Olam, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

In an urban center of extremes where the haves and have-nots are acutely aware of each other, this fall's economic downturn has created a definitive shift.

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